The Gentle Touch (1980)
The Gentle Touch is a 1980 crime series created by Terence Feely. It stars Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe and Paul Moriarty.
Notable as the first British series to feature a female police officer (predating Juliet Bravo by four months), Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes raises her teenage son while navigating a male-dominated police force following the murder of her police commissioner husband.
Where to watch The Gentle Touch
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Cast
- Jill Gascoine as DI Maggie Forbes
- William Marlowe as DCI Bill Russell
- Paul Moriarty as DS Jake Barratt
- Brian Gwaspari as DI Bob Croft
- Nigel Rathbone as Steve Forbes
- Derek Thompson as DS Jimmy Fenton
- Kevin O'Shea as DS Peter Phillips
- James Ottaway as George Taylor
- Bernard Holley as DI Mike Turnbull
- Michael Graham Cox as DI Jack Slater
- Ben Thomas as Eskimo
- Michael Cronin as Sgt Dave Bryant